Sound waves take on pancreatic cancer: new trial tests focused ultrasound
NCT ID NCT07325214
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 16, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This clinical trial tests whether adding focused ultrasound (IMD10) to standard chemotherapy can help people with borderline resectable or locally advanced pancreatic cancer. The study will enroll 136 adults aged 18-85 with confirmed pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Half will get chemotherapy alone, the other half chemotherapy plus focused ultrasound, and researchers will track overall survival to see if the combination works better.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- focused ultrasound (IMD10 device) plus chemotherapy (irinotecan, oxaliplatin, 5-FU, leucovorin)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a new way to shrink pancreatic tumors, potentially making more patients eligible for surgery and improving survival.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-stage trial (136 people) and focused ultrasound for pancreatic cancer is still experimental. It may not improve outcomes or could have unexpected side effects.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 360 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 85 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: An individual must meet all the following criteria: -1. Willing and able to understand and sign an ICF and to comply with all aspects of the protocol * 2\. Aged between 18 and 85 years, inclusive * 3\. Histologically or cytologically, pathologically confirmed diagnosis of PDAC. * 4\. Classification as BRPC or LAPC according to the NCCN Guidelines (The latest Edition) by radiologic test (CT or MRI), eligible for chemotherapy regimen within 4 weeks of the screening visit * 5\. Must have at least 1 measurable lesion per RECIST 1.1 criteria at the screening visit. * 6\. The ECOG performance status 0 or 1 * 7\. Trial participant having laboratory values defined as: \-- Neutrophil count ≥ 1.5 x 109/L * Platelet count ≥ 100 x 109/L * AST and ALT ≤ 2.5 x ULN * Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN * 8\. Life expectancy is more than 12 weeks * 9\. A female is eligible to trial participate if not pregnant, not breast feeding -and either a woman not of childbearing potential or, if a woman of childbearing potential agrees to use highly effective methods of contraception from screening to EOS * 10\. A male trial participant with female partner(s) of childbearing potential agrees to use highly effective methods of contraception from screening to EOS Exclusion Criteria: An individual who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participating in this clinical trial: * 1\. The presence of a cystic lesion within tumor to be treated, or at the pancreas adjacent to the treated tumor. * 2\. Extensive scars or surgical clips observed in the region through which the ultrasound beam will pass * 3\. Targeted tumor(s) is not clearly visible with IMD10. * 4\. Tumor is not treatable by the working range of IMD10 * 5\. Patient has difficulty in lying in supine position. * 6\. Known history of severe hypersensitivity to ultrasound gel or to chemotherapies (irinotecan hydrochloride, oxaliplatin, fluorouracil (5-FU) and leucovorin) used in this clinical trial * 7\. Known, or ongoing receipt at the time of screening, of anti-tumor therapy for pancreatic cancer including chemotherapy, radiation, and/or surgery * 8\. A cardiovascular condition at the time of the screening visit that deems trial participation inappropriate due to one or more of the following: * Class III or IV heart failure according to New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification * Acute coronary syndrome (unstable angina or myocardial infarction) within the last 24 weeks --③ Uncontrolled heart arrhythmia * Other clinically significant cardiovascular abnormalities as determined by the investigator * 9\. Known history at the time of the screening visit that deems trial participation inappropriate due to one or more of the following: * Other uncontrolled chronic infectious diseases * Active autoimmune disease (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, multiple sclerosis, ankylosing spondylitis, etc.) * Congenital or acquired immunodeficiency diseases, such as cellular immunodeficiency, hypogammaglobulinemia, and hypergammaglobulinemia. * Clinically significant mental illness * 10\. Known history of malignancies other than pancreatic cancer within the last 2 years * 11\. Known history of major surgery within 4 weeks of the cycle 1 day 1 (C1D1) * 12\. Pregnant and breastfeeding women * 13\. Participating in another drug/device clinical trial or have participated in another drug/device clinical trial within 4 weeks of C1D1 * 14\. Trial participation in the clinical trial is deemed inappropriate at the investigator's discretion, either for ethical reasons or due to potential impact on the clinical trial's outcome
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
5 sites in 2 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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Seoul National University Bundang Hospital,
Gyeonggi-do, 13620, South Korea
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Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, 03080, South Korea
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University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States
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University of Virginia Medical Center
Charlottesville, Virginia, 22908, United States
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